Armenia v Albania background

Albania can book their place at UEFA EURO 2016 should they win their final Group I qualifier, away to an Armenia side still seeking their first home win in the section.

• Albania are guaranteed a play-off berth and will overtake Denmark, who currently occupy the section's second automatic qualifying berth, with three points in Yerevan. If they draw, Denmark will finish second and Albania third due to their inferior head-to-head record with Denmark.

Previous meetings
• Late goals from Mërgim Mavraj and Shkelzen Gashi earned Albania a 2-1 victory in the sides' first Group I meeting, in Elbasan on 29 March, the visitors having been reduced to ten men by Hovhannes Hambartsumyan's 70th-minute dismissal.

• Albania's record in four games against Armenia is now W2 D1 L1. The teams' only previous encounter in Yerevan ended in a 3-0 success for the hosts in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Form guide
• Armenia are yet to win a home match in Group I (D2 L1), though they might have been undefeated but for Cristiano Ronaldo, who hit a hat-trick in Portugal's 3-2 triumph in Yerevan in June.

• Albania have not conceded in their last four competitive away fixtures (W2 D2); that run includes an abandoned game in Serbia, awarded as a 3-0 victory for Albania.

Disciplinary
• The latest booking list is available here: http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/disciplinary-cases/booking-lists/index.html.

Trivia and links
• Albania defender Ansi Agolli turns 33 the day of the Armenia match.

• The nations have met in three UEFA age-group competition games, Armenia recording two wins to Albania's one.